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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor....
>Self‐ censorship is widespread across demographic groups as well. Nearly two‐ thirds of Latino Americans (65%) and White Americans (64%) and nearly half of African Americans (49%) have political views they are afraid to share. Majorities of men (65%) and women (59%), people with incomes over $100,000 (60%) and people with incomes less than $20,000 (58%), people under 35 (55%) and over 65 (66%), religious (71%) and non‐ religious (56%) all agree that the political climate prevents them from expressing their true beliefs.
I found most of the videos less offensive than extremely graphic horror movies, which ironically I have less stomach for. If anything that subreddit made me generally more aware of my surroundings and safer in my daily life.
Probably just Occam's Razor, they don't know of or care to make something better and can just pull Elo off the shelf.
My modest proposal, do what Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oregon have all done and eliminate it. Sales tax is annoying and regressive.
I think people are just waking up to the reality that the opening of China will not automatically lead to greater liberalism as was predicted.
It's kind of fascinating having these micro-nations that aren't quite nations within our borders, I should read more in to this subject.